08/28/2015

Post 3 for 2015-2016 School Year!

What a busy week with the Boosterthon Fun Run on Wednesday! I had a great time watching the smiles on the student's faces as they ran around the track! Thanks to all the parents who volunteered or attended the run and supported the students!!

Pete the Cat

This week students in kindergarten, first grade, and Mrs. Corbett's class we began our next book unit. We read Pete the Cat Rocking my School Shoes. The students LOVED listening to the story and leaned new vocabulary about each place Pete visits in the book. We also answered "What" and "Where" questions throughout the story. (ex: Where is Pete going? What is Pete doing?) We will do activities related to this story for the next few weeks! At home listen to the story at the link below! I have also posted some coloring sheets and a Pete the Cat puppets! Practice hiding the Pete the Cat puppet around the room to practice prepositions! (Where is Pete? - On the couch, In the closet, etc.) Or act the story along with the video. Practice acting out the different actions Pete does throughout the story! (Ex: Strolling down the street, Reading a book, Writing letters, Painting pictures, etc.)

For students working on speech sounds don't forget to check out the links on the left side of the page for optional homework practice sheets.

Social Skills

This week some of the fifth grade students also practiced "Whole Body Listening." This means we learned about listening with our eyes, ears, mouth, hands, feet, body, brain, and heart. All of these body parts are important to help us listen, especially when working in a group. We talked about what it means to be part of a group, and keeping our body and brain with the group. This can help to improve conversational skills, and show others that we care about what they are saying. We also began to talk about "Just Me" thoughts and "Thinking of You" thoughts. This lesson came from Michelle Garcia Winner, the creator of "Social Thinking." See below for a little more information on Social Thinking and "Whole Body Listening." Begin open dialogue at home talking about whole body listening, and keeping the body and brain part of the group!

Social Thinking is “What we do when we interact with people: we think about them. How we think about people affects how we behave, which in turn affects how others respond to us, which in turn affects our emotions.”